TE KUITI CLUB

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 12

TE KUITI CLUB

TWO GOLD CUPS TO BE COMPETED FOR ANNUAL FIXTURE NEXT MONTH With racing at Te Rapa the preceding Saturday and Monday, the annual fixture of the Te Kuiti Racing Club, set down for Saturday and Monday, November 23 and 25, promises to be a splendid success. The meeting is to be held on the club’s course at Te Kumi. With the Whangarei Club racing a fortnight previously, this circuit of three meetings in a fortnight, with six days’ racing, promises to be an attraction for owners. A very interesting programme has been drawn up for the two days’ racing at Te Kuiti. First and foremost, there is the Te Kuiti Cup, carryingin stake money £325, the owner of the winner receiving a £SO gold cup. These handsome trophies are usually keenly competed for. The distance is the popular one of a mile and a-quar-ter. Some good horses have won the Te Kuiti Cup, and this year there are sufficient budding cup aspirants to ensure a contest worthy of its predecessors. On the second day the handicap horses are provided for by the Waitomo Handicap, of £225, one mile. For the Sprinters The sprinters are being liberally catered for. The first day they are pro-

vided for by the Stewards’ Handicap, a of £2OO, six furlongs, and on the sec- f ond day there is the Mairoa Flying j Handicap, of £l5O, six furlongs, and in addition there is another sprint, a five-furlong dasli, to wind up the meeting. This is the Farewell Handicap, of £l3O. The jumpers are not overlooked. For them there is the Kopaki Hack Hurdles f Handicap, of £120: 12 miles (first day), \ and on the concluding day the Pio Pio j Hack Hurdles, of £l2O, one mile five A furlongs. The Hack Cup As in the past, a special attraction is scheduled for the r hacks. This is the Maniapoto Hack *Cup Handicap, of £225, nine furlongs, a £SO gold cup being an interesting trophy for the ( lucky winning owner. Other events for hacks complete a - very interesting schedule, at the conclusion of which the popular president, Mr. H. Rothery, and his executive, should be able to report a most suecessful meeting from every point of ' 1 Nominations for all events close on ! Friday, November 1, with Messrs. Blomfield and Company, Auckland, at 5 p.m., and with the secretary, Mr. A. W. Whyte, Te Kuiti, at 9 p.m. that day. First day’s handicaps are due to make their appearance on November 11, and. acceptances on November 15. The full programme is as follows: FIRST DAY Saturday, November 23. Maiden Handicap, of £IOO (winner £7O), seven furlongs. For maidens on fiat at time of starting. Kopaki Hack Hurdles Handicap, of £l2O (winner £90): 12 miles. Awakino Hack Handicap, of £IOO (winner £70); 6 furlongs. Te Kuiti Cup Handicap. of £32-j (winner £250, including £SO gold cup, second horse £SO, third £25); 11 miles. Te Kumi Hack Handicap,' of £llO (winner £80,); 1 mile. Minimum weight, S.O. Puketutu Handicap, of £l3O (winner £100); 7 furlongs. Minimum weight, S.O. Otorohanga Handicap, of £IOO (winner £70); 6 furlongs. Stewards’ Handicap, of £2OO (winner £l6O, second horse £25, third £15); 6 furlongs. SECOND DAY Monday, November 25. Trial Handicap, of £IOO (winner £70); 6 furlongs. For maidens on flat at time of starting. Pio Pio Hack Hurdles Handicap, of £l2O (winner £90); 1 mile 5 furlongs. Hangatiki Hack Handicap, of £IOO (winner £70); 6 furlongs. Waitomo Handicap, of £225 (winner £175, second horse £35, third £15),; 9 furlongs. Maniapoto Hack Cup Handicap, of £225 (winner £lB5, including £SO gold cup, second horse £25, third £15); 9 furlongs. Mairoa Flying Handicap, of £l5O (winner £l2O, second horse £2O, third £10); 6 furlongs. Rangitoto Hack Handicap, of £llO (winner £80); 7 furlongs. Farewell Handicap, of £l3O (winner £100); 5 furlongs. The total stake money to be distributed is £2.325 —£1,185 on the first . day and £LI6O on the second day. Ridden Too Hard ’ After bis good showing to get third > money in the Mitchelson Cup, there ' was strong support for Amor in the ’ handicap the second day at Ellerslie. 5 3Te drew the outside at the peg, and ■ driven along to get a position as if it were a three furlongs race from the start, he was prominent till nearing home, when he petered right out. This 1 was not to be wondered at. for his * rider showed poor judgment, to put it r mildly. Amor may be prominent in 2 bis future engagements if ridden more judiciously. t ■